Validation Jobs in Hertfordshire

Validation
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Validation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Validation over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 36 69
Rank change year-on-year +5 +33 +16
Permanent jobs citing Validation 63 90 63
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 7.68% 4.51% 3.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.08% 5.70% 3.75%
Number of salaries quoted 20 59 15
10th Percentile £48,000 £45,000 £45,500
25th Percentile £53,688 £48,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,250 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.43% +4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,250 £76,250 £67,500
East of England median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.64% -8.33% +26.32%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

Validation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Hertfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 780 1,579 1,678
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 95.12% 79.15% 94.48%
Number of salaries quoted 415 1,250 735
10th Percentile £32,500 £25,809 £28,770
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £76,000 £80,000
East of England median annual salary £50,967 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.93% -9.09% +10.00%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Job postings citing Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Validation in Hertfordshire

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Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Validation in Hertfordshire.

Salary trend for Validation in Hertfordshire

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Salary Histogram in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Validation in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Validation in Hertfordshire

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Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 22 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Stevenage -1 20 £57,250 +4.09% 32
Tring - 6 - -
Borehamwood - 1 - -
Potters Bar - 1 - -
Validation
East of England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 37 (58.73%) 5G
1 37 (58.73%) Bluetooth
1 37 (58.73%) GSM
1 37 (58.73%) LTE
1 37 (58.73%) UMTS
1 37 (58.73%) Wi-Fi
1 37 (58.73%) Wireless
2 3 (4.76%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 4 (6.35%) CppUnit
1 4 (6.35%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (3.17%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 41 (65.08%) Electronics
2 13 (20.63%) Social Skills
3 12 (19.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (4.76%) Games
4 3 (4.76%) Manufacturing
4 3 (4.76%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (3.17%) Military
6 1 (1.59%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 37 (58.73%) Electronics Engineer
1 37 (58.73%) Electronics Test Engineer
1 37 (58.73%) Test Engineer
2 7 (11.11%) Lead
2 7 (11.11%) Project Leader
2 7 (11.11%) Software Project Leader
3 6 (9.52%) Embedded Engineer
3 6 (9.52%) Senior
4 4 (6.35%) Software Verification Engineer
4 4 (6.35%) Verification Engineer
5 3 (4.76%) Engineering Manager
5 3 (4.76%) Senior Manager
5 3 (4.76%) Senior Service Manager
5 3 (4.76%) ServiceNow Manager
5 3 (4.76%) Software Engineer
5 3 (4.76%) Systems Manager
6 2 (3.17%) Senior Software Engineer
7 1 (1.59%) C# Software Engineer
7 1 (1.59%) Integration Engineer
7 1 (1.59%) Systems Integration Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 37 (58.73%) Driving Licence
2 3 (4.76%) Life Science
2 3 (4.76%) Management Information System
2 3 (4.76%) Product Ownership
2 3 (4.76%) Video\Live Streaming
3 1 (1.59%) FPGA
3 1 (1.59%) Verilog
3 1 (1.59%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.59%) Windows
1 1 (1.59%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (77.78%) Verification and Validation
2 44 (69.84%) Mentoring
3 43 (68.25%) Coaching
4 37 (58.73%) Customer Requirements
4 37 (58.73%) Test Strategy
5 18 (28.57%) Software Engineering
6 9 (14.29%) Project Management
7 8 (12.70%) UML
8 7 (11.11%) Agile
8 7 (11.11%) Scrum
9 6 (9.52%) Budgeting
9 6 (9.52%) Collaborative Culture
9 6 (9.52%) Computer Science
9 6 (9.52%) Cost Control
9 6 (9.52%) Embedded Software Development
9 6 (9.52%) Planning and Forecasting
9 6 (9.52%) Roadmaps
9 6 (9.52%) Waterfall
10 5 (7.94%) CI/CD
10 5 (7.94%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (22.22%) C
2 13 (20.63%) C++
3 8 (12.70%) Ada
4 1 (1.59%) C#
Qualifications
1 44 (69.84%) Degree
2 37 (58.73%) HND
3 6 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (4.76%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.59%) HNC
5 1 (1.59%) NVQ Level 3
5 1 (1.59%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.76%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 3 (4.76%) GDPR
1 3 (4.76%) Good Clinical Practice
2 1 (1.59%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 6 (9.52%) Embedded Firmware
1 6 (9.52%) Firmware
2 1 (1.59%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (4.76%) ServiceNow
2 2 (3.17%) IBM